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I am finally in the home stretch. I had my final weight appointment today and everything is at the insurance company. Fingers are crossed I get a quick approval! I am so ready for this. I have lost 15 pounds since January with diet and exercise. Looking forward to losing the next 80.

Congrats! And good luck!

Hi all, I use my pressure cooker a lot for cooking at home. I am not sleeved yet - I go for my intake appointment in Tuesday. Does anyone have any good pressure cooker recipes? I use it for chicken, pork and beef now - all kinds of recipes from BBQ to Mexican to pot roast. I figure once I am on puréed and regular food I can use it a lot again. Just wondering what others do with theirs. Thanks, Lorraine

I have an IUD - Mirena. However, I am 37 and have had my kids and am married. Talk to your OBGYN about what your options are. There are a lot of choices. But most do have a side effect of weight gain.

I appreciate the candor everyone has had on this thread. I am pre-op - I go for my intake appointment on Tuesday with Bluegrass Bariatric. These are questions I have had as I have gone through this process. Will it last? Will I be successful? I think, for me, this surgery will be a long term solution. I am not an emotional eater. I don't eat after 7 pm by choice. I have terrible eating habits and no sense of portion control. That little switch in our brain that says "I am full, stop eating" doesn't always work. And I travel for work all the time, so I eat out and eat fast food a lot. I have been practicing eating more slowly, making sure I really chew my food (that one is hard for me!), and eating my Protein first. Last night my husband wanted Arby's but I wasn't hungry. In the past I would have eaten just because I was there. Instead I just had a drink and chatted while he ate. I know I will slip up and make mistakes, but I am looking at this surgery not just as a way to lose the weight now, but also as a way to fix the bad habits I have picked up as an adult. Sorry to hijack the thread and write a dissertation.

I got a call from the doctors office today...I go for my intake appointment on Tuesday. I have to be there at 7 am and I can't eat or drink after midnight. The appointment takes hours - bloodwork, EKG, etc. fingers are crossed I move through this process quickly! Silly question - what is a NUT?

Aha! Thank you.

My five pre-sleeve confessions: 1. I am really scared and excited at the same time about the surgery. What if it doesn't work for me? 2. I have been eating non stop lately. I guess n preparation for not eating. (Bad I know. I don't have a date yet!) 3. I want the process to hurry up. I think about jumping in a plane to Mexico every day instead of waiting and going through the steps here. 4. My DH makes fat jokes all the time and is very unsupportive of everything. I am not sure how I will manage "alone." 5. I am really looking forward to being healthy and sexy again.

For me the last straw was losing 80 pounds with phentermine and diet changes only to gain all of it and then some back as soon as I went off the pills. I think that switch that healthy people have that tells them when they are full and to stop eating is broken on me. I am hungry all the time and even though I monitor my intake and watch my calories, I still gain. It doesn't help that my husband jokes about going to the fat doctor to lose weight. He thinks he is being funny, but he just isn't. So, this is my last hope. I will lose the weight this time and keep it off forever.

I am Lorraine and I am brand new here. I recently made the decision to pursue WLS and now I just want it to start moving! I have been married for 17 years and have two kids - Cassidy my 16 year old daughter who plays softball and is brilliant (biased I know) and a son Charles who just turned 13. He is equally brilliant to his sister and plays the string bass. I have three cats and a bunny and four chickens. I decided to have this surgery to take back my life. I am tired of counting every calorie, and starving all the time but losing no weight. I want to run a 5k and a half marathon and look in the mirror or at photos and not hate what I see. I also have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart problems. Yeah me! I look forward to sharing this journey with you all.

Hi everyone. I am brand new to the board and this is my first post. I went to the free weight loss seminar this past week and have started the process to get sleeved. I have tried so many things from diet and exercise to phentermine and nothing worked long term. My question...did you tell people when you were going through the process to get approved and when you actually had the surgery or did you keep it private? I am torn...I want to tell some people, but on the other hand I just want to keep quiet about it.

You guys are all amazing! I am so glad this group. For now, I will keep it to myself. I agree that sharing is good when it will help someone else who is struggling like I am now. And except my husband an kids, none of my family will know until later. My mom cries when I tell her stuff and my sisters are lovable flakes. So, best to stay private.

That is exactly how I feel! I am tired of being judged. I just feel like it is no one else's business. I am glad I found this board for support.

I have told my immediate family, and I will tell my boss, but I work from home and don't think I will share with many others.